Immigration

UH-D’s Bill Flores Calls for Stand-alone DREAM Act

July 21, 2010
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The President of my alma-mater, William Flores called for a standalone DREAM act today. Follow the jump for an excerpt of the article published by the Texas Tribune.

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Bukowski: The Immigrant’s Advocate

July 13, 2010
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Some may know Charles Bukowski as the Poet Laureate of Skid Row, but I know him as the writer who got me through some of the loneliest moments of my life. What many people don’t know about Bukowski, is that he is an immigrant. Born in Andernach, Germany, in 1920, Bukowski came to the United [...]

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NYTimes Sheds Light on a Immigrant Detention Centers

July 6, 2009

A NY Times article spotlights  the death of an immigrant man in a federal detention center. Like many immigrant detention centers, the place where Tanveer Ahmad died is a cruel place where the most dangerous of criminals were kept. Mr. Ahmad died of a cardiac arrest after repeatedly being refused medical attention. The longer we [...]

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